Physicist Erik Lentz says the next phase of theoretical research and development work could unfold over the next several years, with a fully functional prototype drive possible within the coming …
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They found a 71% rise in twinning rates in North America, as well as significant rises in many European countries and in Asia (Subscribe to Science For All, our weekly …
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Electric shark repellent technology was first proposed in the 1990s, based on the special short-range electric receptor system sharks have called the ampullae of Lorenzini. Located on their snout, these …
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ISRO launches sounding rocket to study attitudinal variations in neutral winds, plasma dynamics
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has launched a sounding rocket to study attitudinal variations in the neutral winds and plasma dynamics from Sriharikota spaceport. ISRO has developed a series …
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India has detected a new “double mutant variant” of the coronavirus, the health ministry said on Wednesday. The new variant is an addition to the several “variants of concern” that …
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A Spectacular ‘Super Pink Moon,’ ‘Shooting Stars’ And A Galaxy-Rise: Your Stargazing Guide To April 2021
The galactic centre area of the Milky Way in Sagittarius behind the grand old barn near home in … [+] southern Alberta, on June 30, 2019. Illumination of the barn …
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Researchers at IIT Madras have demonstrated that by using Raman thermometry on fibre optic cables, they can achieve monitoring of power transmission cables. Interestingly, they achieve this by using the …
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Antibodies against the novel coronavirus wane at different rates, lasting for mere days in some individuals, while persisting in others for decades, according to a new study which says Covid-19 …
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Artist’s impression of DART spacecraft at the asteroid binary. NASA/Johns Hopkins APL The strange binary Asteroid 65803 Didymos-Dimorphos could be held together like dust bunnies, says an international team of …
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Using the same adenovirus subtypes for repeated vaccination might result in reduced efficacy, but not in the case of inactivated vaccines Unlike the mRNA vaccine platform used by Pfizer and …
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This premise is almost certainly wrong. SARS-CoV-2, protean and elusive as it is, may become our permanent enemy, like the flu but worse. And even if it peters out eventually, …
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Artwork of a pair of tyrannosaur dinosaurs surveying a volcanic landscape. This depicts a scene at … [+] the end of the Cretaceous period in Earths history. A massive meteorite …
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(Subscribe to Science For All, our weekly newsletter, where we aim to take the jargon out of science and put the fun in. Click here.) Human eye colour ranges from …
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Since the 14 hour-long ‘janata curfew’ on March 22, 2020, announced by Modi “for the people, by the people”, there has been no looking back in India’s fight against COVID-19 …
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I actually wrote this piece a few weeks ago, but I did not publish it right away. I wrote it while nervously watching as a significant tornado outbreak was threatening …
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The team hopes that this work will contribute to the development of treatments for smell dysfunction and loss which has gained special attention in the era of COVID-19. Have you …
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The Union Health Ministry on Wednesday said that most number of active Covid-19 cases were concentrated in districts of only two states. While reviewing the Covid-19 situation in the country, …
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It’s hard enough for people to categorize or discuss art, but it’s even more difficult for artificial intelligence. Several research groups have recently tried to apply machine learning to large …
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The samples were collected by gently swabbing a skin area rich in sebum such as the face, neck or back Non-invasive skin swab samples may be enough to detect the …
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LONDON : Women in their 40s and 50s appear more at risk of long-term problems following discharge from hospital after Covid-19, with many suffering months of persistent symptoms such as …
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The boat had been stuck for a week, blocking all trade along the canal. DigitalGlobe/Getty Images Rising tides from a full Moon provided the Ever Given the breathing room it …
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According to the teams’ simulations, the planet lost between most of its water between four to 3.7 billion years ago Billions of years ago, Mars was home to lakes and …
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Haryana has more than 60,000 TB patients and the state government has set a deadline of 2025 to eradicate the disease from the state, Health Minister Anil Vij said on …
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Do Our Jobs Make Us Who We Are? A New Book Examines The Interplay Between Work And Personality Change
University of Leeds psychologist, Chia-Huei Wu, discusses his new book on work and personality … [+] change. getty In a new book titled, “Work and Personality Change,” psychologists Ying Wang …
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Located at the centre of a galaxy named J0437+2456, this supermassive black hole has a mass about three million times that of our Sun Astronomers have spotted a supermassive black …
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New Delhi: The number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 6.24 crore with 12,94,979 jabs being given on Tuesday, the Union Health Ministry said. A total …